Tom Gladstone

Tom works with clients in the Retail sector and leads OC&C’s Private Equity practice.

He has substantial experience in strategy development, proposition improvement and supplier management – and a particular specialism in pricing optimisation on which he has advised a wide range of retailers. Tom also leads OC&C’s Private Equity practice, having advised on over 50 transactions in the last 6 years supporting buy-side diligence, vendor due diligence and IPO processes across multiple countries.

Education & Prior Experience

DPhil (Materials Science), Oxford University

MA in Natural Science, Cambridge University

Related publications

Are you up to speed with Due Diligence 2.0?

In an environment of high deal valuations and plentiful dry powder, investors need to work harder than ever to track down the best assets and set themselves up to make a strong investment

Happy click-mas

Overall retail LFLs were up by 1.0% in Christmas 2016 (as measured by the BRC average) — after 4 years of broadly flat LFL growth. Footfall also held up much better than the previous year (slipping by only 0.2% in December 2016 versus 2% in 2015)

Xmas wrapped up

The frantic festive season is over and many retailers are breathing a sigh of relief. Charlotte Hardie examines the key themes in what has been a nerve-wracking few weeks with the help of OC&C’s Christmas Trading Index